Saturday, April 30, 2005
10:46 PM
HAPPY DAY! hahaha i couldnt think of any other way to start this post..we won the MI 7s tournament whooo..that kinda ended our season on a high i guess :) we were up against teams from mi and ite, basically a whole lot of skilful mats la..hahaha..and WE WON..whooo..and better still..it was an all ac final..the j1 team took on our strongest team..buggers la beat us in the first round..but good job anyway :) the future looks promising..hopefully coach'll just open his eyes and notice pple like shoshi and reuben..hahaha..
but anyway back to the tournament yes..we (team 1) drew our first game 0-0..stupid ref came up with a no-going-into-penalty-area rule..when the other match was going on without that rule..haha..our 2nd game was against the j1 team..and credit to them..they put their hearts into the game and deservedly won..hahaha that was a wakeup call for us..anything less than a win in the last game and we'd be out..we were up against the toughest team of the grp..the mi soccer team of last year i think..we almost got into several fights! the eediots were playing really dirty..and murali isthiqlal n majun could've exploded any time if they wanted to..but they showed some great uncharacteristic-of-team-havok self control and resisted pulling a punch or two..yay! anyway it was a hard game..and isthiqlal scored a great goal from a tight angle (and at that point our first goal) to rightfully win and qualify for the semis :)
so..the semi match..it came down to a penalty shootout after lemin equalised..another great team goal..sam was the hero..converting his kick and making a crucial superb save at full stretch...woot..save hands for next year..and on the other pitch..the j1s were celebrating their 1-0 victory..so the stage was set for an all ac finale :)
we finally played to our best i would say..the j1s too..so it was a really close match..reuben attempted a cheeky backheel that would have caused us to shit in our pants if it went in ahhaa..but we pressed on..and THEN..THE goal came..
isthiqlal got the ball on the right. he played it back to me. i squared it for murali and he played the one-two with a sweet backheel. i took a touch..cut in between two players and took a shot from outside the area and GOAL. helped with a little touch off shen hehe. but GOAL anyway! hahaha and soon the whistle blew and it was over :)
yayyy so we got some silverware in the end..nowhere near the a div but a symbol of our hard work anyways :) glory to god :)
